Behind a wooden fences, several Bamileke huts had been build close to each other. Their roofs are covered with straw. From 1945 to 1959, Daniel Broussous was the head doctor of the protestant hospital of Bangwa, set up by the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical mission society) in the south of the region Bamileke in 1935. Broussous took many photographs documenting the art, the architecture, the traditions and the daily-life of Bamileke chieftainships. He also made several films.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m70597
- Date published
- 1945/1959
- Dates
- 1945/1959
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- black-and-white negatives, 6x4.5 cm
- Place Discussed
- Bamileke (Cameroon) Cameroon
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Cameroon
- Reference
- impa-m70597 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-DEFAP_CMN071-04858_2
- Rights
- 102 boulevard Arago - 75014 Paris, France Défap - Service protestant de mission (Département évangélique français d’action apostolique) http://www.defap-bibliotheque.fr/index.php?id=266 http://www.defap.fr/contact.php
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/6dc7817bc4f9d021308ea0cc1271c77e
